benefiting and we know that from hunter bidens own words when he complained to family members that he had to give half of his salary to his father for 30 years. i think that is probably the most useful way to really get to the bottom of how this influenced peddling operation of the bidens worked. steve: exactly this is when joe biden was vice president. didn't perceive that as well. when is hunter biden foreign corrupt activity going on. it was in the senate, what is the timeline there? >> what it appears, joe biden from his earliest days in the senate for decades ago preeti came into the senators, he had begin as a local influence peddling operation with his brothers leaning on big